Innovation

What do we mean by innovation?"Business academic Mark Dodgson describes 'innovation' as an 'aerosol word' - as in, people spray it into the air, it smells lovely and yet you can't grab hold of it. Still, like 'productivity' and 'fiscal responsibility' it's an important part of the political and business lexicon. But is our definition of innovation simply too technology focussed and too business-centric? And does an obsession with promoting start-ups as the vanguard of innovation risk missing opportunities closer to home?"http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/what-do-we-mean-by-innovation/7700620ABC Future Tense podcast, August 2016

Research materials

Parliament of Australia Research PublicationsThis webpage has links to a large number of research publications. Many relate to Commonwealth issues but may also be relevant to Territory government operations. For example, there are materials on Housing and the social security network, Indigenous affairs, Understanding statistics in social policy development and evaluation, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubsParliament of Australia webpage